King Rat - Softcover

Mieville, China

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250174007 ISBN 13: 9781250174000

Publisher: Tor Books, 2018

Synopsis

Award-winning fantasy and science fiction author China Miéville's began his astounding career with the fantasy King Rat, a mix of a young man's search for identity with a pulse-pounding story of revenge and madness.

"[Miéville's] prose melds James Herbert's nihilistic violence with the metropolitan paranoia of Martin Amis, circa London Fields." --The Times (London)

Something stirs in London's dark--and has viciously murdered Saul Garamond's father. Framed for the crime, Saul breaks out of prison with the help of King Rat, and plunges into a subterranean world of rats, garbage, blood, and madness--a world Saul was born to rule. But King Rat has plans for Saul, his special weapon in a war that goes back to a town called Hamelin. . . .

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Review:

"[Miéville's] prose melds James Herbert's nihilistic violence with the metropolitan paranoia of Martin Amis, circa London Fields."--The Times (London)

"China Miéville is a remarkably eloquent new writer who has produced genuine magic here."--Locus

"As sharp as a Tokyo comic. It's humane and delinquent. And it bites."--Iain Sinclair

"A deep, dark, velvet journey."--Pat Cadigan

"A riveting, brilliant novel."--Charles de Lint

About the Author:

CHINA MIÉVILLE is an author, activist, scholar, and comic writer. A leading influence in the New Weird movement, he has won numerous awards for his body of work which includes Perdido Street Station, The Scar, The City & The City and Embassytown.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1250174007
• ISBN 13: 9781250174000
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 336